Wednesday, January 28, 2015

2 WORKERS INJURED DURING MIAMI, FL HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE CONCRETE FRAME CAME LOOSE AND TRAPPED ONE WORKER WHILE INJURING THE OTHER


2 WORKERS INJURED DURING MIAMI, FL HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE CONCRETE FRAME CAME LOOSE AND TRAPPED ONE WORKER WHILE INJURING THE OTHER






January 28, 2015


MIAMI, FLORIDA (WSVN) -- Two construction workers were injured during construction of a high rise building in Miami, Wednesday.


The two men, who are in their 20s, were working on the 26th floor of the Met 3 building at 200 S.E. 3rd Ave. when a retaining wall collapsed on them.


According to Miami Fire Rescue, the concrete frame came loose and trapped one worker while injuring the other. Several other construction workers were able to free the men from the rubble.


Miami Fire Rescue then lowered the men down to the 23rd floor where they used an elevator to safely get them to the ground floor. "Some of the challenges when we deal with construction sites is that a lot of the floors are not completed where workers are working on," said Miami Fire Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll, "so we had to use a Stokes basket and ropes to lower them down to the 23rd floor where we were able to bring them down on the elevator."


Both workers were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.